{"id":45594,"date":"2022-03-30T14:17:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T21:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=45594"},"modified":"2022-03-30T14:17:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T21:17:47","slug":"job-endangered-species-act-liaison-dept-of-transportation-lacey-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-endangered-species-act-liaison-dept-of-transportation-lacey-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Endangered Species Act Liaison, Dept. of Transportation (Lacey, WA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><strong>For more information, please follow this link:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governmentjobs.com\/careers\/washington\/wsdot\/jobs\/3486587\/endangered-species-act-liaison?sort=PostingDate%7CDescending&amp;pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs\">https:\/\/www.governmentjobs.com\/careers\/washington\/wsdot\/jobs\/3486587\/endangered-species-act-liaison?sort=PostingDate%7CDescending&amp;pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Salary-<\/strong> $62,748.00 &#8211; $93,132.00<\/p>\n<p>Among the varied range of responsibilities held within this role, the Endangered Species Act Liaison will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Independently serve as a technical specialist for NMFS\/USFWS in reviewing and assessing impacts of transportation projects on threatened and endangered species.<\/li>\n<li>Serve as the NMFS and USFWS lead and primary author of biological opinions, letters of concurrence, and programmatic approvals.<\/li>\n<li>Provide technical assistance to WSDOT project staff during the early coordination, development of biological assessments and other submittals, project updates, and consultation re-initiations.<\/li>\n<li>Calculate areas, volumes, depths, totals, and percentages.<\/li>\n<li>Attend meetings in the office and occasional field or site visits on uneven terrain and sometimes in inclement weather.<\/li>\n<li>Move through water, mud and\/or uneven terrain while carrying field gear and accurately collecting data.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate and complete field work using a GPS, range finder clinometer, binoculars, and other related field equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Work independently and cooperatively with multiple teams to complete assigned tasks.<\/li>\n<li>Proactively identify and communicate transportation project environmental compliance and schedule risks.<\/li>\n<li>Identify and coordinate transportation business efficiencies in the environmental regulatory process.<\/li>\n<li>Help WSDOT continuously improve environmental compliance decision-making and best practices through collaboration and training.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9433,"featured_media":34097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[15],"tags":[4,28,33,141,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45595,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45594\/revisions\/45595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}